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Is it still hovering if you're "just" matching airspeed and wind speed so that your ground speed is zero?
by kqr 4y ago
Is it still hovering if you're "just" matching airspeed and wind speed so that your ground speed is zero?
- happymellon 4y agoI'm curious what would define hovering as if it is not "ground speed zero"?
- plasticchris 4y agoAir speed zero? Otherwise I’ve seen some Cessnas hover :)
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- jodrellblank 4y agoAre you "standing still" if you're sprinting at full pace, out of breath, heart pounding, but feet slipping on an icy slope so you have ground speed zero?
- simonjgreen 4y agoYes... That's exactly what it is?
- throw827474737 4y agoDebatable at least..
- wongarsu 4y agosaying something can hover usually implies that it can have a ground speed of 0 at an air speed of 0. If you leave out the air speed requirement then anything that can fly can hover
- bmitc 4y agoThat doesn’t make sense. If something only hovers at air speed zero along with ground speed zero, then as soon as any wind whatsoever picks up, then that something is no longer hovering by your definition, even if it maintains the same place in the air. Hovering means to stay in the same place in the air. It doesn’t say anything about air speed, which is the delta between wind speed and ground speed.
- borski 4y agoIs it still commenting if I’m “just” typing this and hitting enter?
- bmitc 4y agoI don’t understand the weird arguments going on here. Hovering means to stay in one place in the air. It says nothing about air speed. Ground is the only reference needed for “in place”.